Facelift bungee

ABSTRACT

Facelift Bungee is a non-invasive hair accessory product that inserts into the user&#39;s hair to instantly, and uniformly lift a person&#39;s facial skin. It is painless and affordable with unlimited use. This product is made of two plastic combs and a piece of cotton webbed elastic which runs through the combs and is sewn like a belt using thread.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to face lifting products. More specifically,however this application performs face lifting via a precise, uniformskin-tightening resulting from a simple, external, and elastic pullingmethod when inserted into the hair properly. The invention involves asimple method, able to lift the facial skin in possibly under 10 minutesusing only cotton elastic attached to the plastic combs and insertedinto the hair. This facelift bungee is non-invasive and combs into asmall braid at the temple area of the face. Then the elastic goes aroundthe back of the person's head to second braid and then combs into secondbraid at the other temple area During this time, the person's hair abovethe elastic band placement area has to be pinned up out of the way ofthe resting placement area of the band. Then person shall then be ableto let down their pinned up hair and look into mirror and noticeinstantly the tightness of their face. The tightness of this person'sface will depend on the point of insertion of the combs along the braidsas well as the size and shape of their head and the degree of elasticitywithin the band.

This invention also intends to avoid invasive surgical, permanent, andtime consuming methods of tightening facial skin while still enhancingthe cosmetic effects of this goal. The goal of this application andrelated applications is to, with no skin invasion and complete avoidanceof injection, radiation, and cosmetic surgeries to uniformly lift humanfacial skin in order to temporarily make skin wrinkles disappear.Additionally, a unique and important side-benefit of this faceliftbungee is to provide complete and efficient reformation of targetedwrinkles or folds on the surface of the person's face in the areas ofthe face which are affected directly when the temporal braided hairshafts are pulled in a posterior and/or posterior-superior direction.This invention does not intend to have permanent improved effect uponfacial skin, even with long term usage.

DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART

The organs of all living beings, including humans, gradually deterioratewith age following birth. Your skin is an organ also. The growth of mostorgans plateau and eventually start to decline in function and abilityto regenerate, which may lead to death, depending on the organ'scritical function in the body. In the sixteenth century, Ponce de Leonsearched the Americas in vain for the legendary fountain of youth.Nearly 500 years later, individuals are still seeking a way to minimizethe signs of aging. Cosmetic surgery to promote a youthful appearancehas become a growing industry. Cosmetic treatments such as botox,collagen injections, chemical peels, laser treatment, and other forms ofplastic surgery have been embraced by many to reduce the signs of aging.In recent years, pharmaceuticals with potentially anti-aging effects area booming business, due in part to the aging baby boomer population.However, these cosmetic surgeries became too expensive to afford bycommon person. Moreover, the outcomes of the side effects aredevastating.

Currently, a need exists for a cosmetic product with the followingproperties: 1) Non-invasive to instantly tighten loose skin wrinklesaround facial areas, 2a) without causing pain, in a uniform andaffordable way without leaving remnant wrinkles when in use, 2b) beingfaster and instantly tightening the skin and thus bypassing theexpensive and high risk cosmetic alternatives.

The applicant meets the following needs: 1) Non-invasive, 2) rapid skintightening, 3) ability to be used as a hair accessory, 4) utilizingcomplete avoidance of surgery, 5) less than 10 minute estimated time toreduce the targeted wrinkles, undulations, or folds on the skin tissuesof the face. Currently no device or method in the cosmetic literatureaddresses all of these concerns simultaneously.

There are several face-lifting instruments/techniques in use whichcrudely fired from positions outside the patient to energize tissuewithin the face and cut in a very imprecise fashion (See “Manual ofTumescent Liposculpture and Laser Cosmetic Surgery” by Cook, R. C. andCook, K. K., Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins, Philadelphia ISBN:0-7817-1987-9, 1999) using current energy assisted face-lifting methods.Currently deep dermal tissue is treated, altered or damaged with littleprecision. Complications from the aforementioned technique have beensummarized by Jacobs et al. in Dermatologic Surgery 26: 625-632, 2000.

U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,871,469; 6,740,079; 6,719,754; 6,659,106; 6,632,220;6,632,193; 6,623,454; 6,595,990; 6,557,559; 6,557,261; 6,514,248;6,482,201; 6,461,354 and 6,461,350 teaches an electrosurgical methodsthat requires an ionic fluid to create conduction between minute arrayedelectrodes and relies on an ionic fluid source from within theinstrument to function optimally. However, the electrodes/conductorscould irregularly violate and destroy the vital human facial tissuestructures including the sub dermal plexus of vessels on passage ifattempted or even possible. The applicant's product is non-invasive andno electrodes and conductors are needed.

All currently available laser facelift treatments exhibit significantproblems and these laser systems typically operate safely andeffectively only over a narrow, patient dependent treatment range. Lasertreating tissues and electro surgically treating tissues are similar inseveral respects. Most importantly, electro-modifying human tissuesinternally may immediately cause local vaporized tissue regions take onrelatively high electrical impedance, thus increasing the voltagedifference and possibly altering further local electricalpenetration/treatment of the tissues. Irregular energy absorption byirregularly thick and irregularly formed fibrous tunnel remnantsresulting from the use of such procedures would thus cause visibleirregular skin surface effects on healing. Thermage, Inc. of Hayward,Calif. recently introduced to the market its tissue contraction productof an externally applied electrosurgical template activated whiletouching the outer skin. Energy passes through the epidermis to alterthe outer skin with the intention of electrically altering collagen toachieve remodeling. Damage to the epidermis is reduced some byexternally spraying a cryogen (cooling gas) of about −40° C. on thetargeted zone's epidermis at the time of the electrical impulse.Unfortunately, the amount of tissue contraction Thermage, Inc. can provein the medical literature borders upon statistical insignificance (toquote several prominent cosmetic surgeons) and is far less than 5%.

Currently, there are methods of achieving tightness of skin by use ofdifferent types of adhesive tape which adhere directly to the skin witha sticky surface which may or may not be reused. This method may alsouse elastic bands to accomplish the effect. The applicant's invention isdifferent in that, it doesn't adhere to the skin surface, but insertsinto the braided hair shafts of the head and is yet connected by meansof an elastic band. The applicant's invention can also be reusedmultiple times without altering the product by addition or deletion ofany of its components.

There are other prominent techniques using, skin cream methods,ultrasonic liposuction cannulas for face-lifting or facial tighteningcurrently in use. Given the disadvantages and deficiencies of currentface-lifting and skin-tightening techniques, a need exists for acosmetic product that provides a fast and safe alternative. The presentinvention utilizes a unique and simple method to accomplish effects of afacelift. The present invention provides a process for temporary humanskin tightening to achieve face-lifting and facial tightening. Theproduct and provisional method can rapidly be used without pain and useof risky and permanent injury.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 Illustrates integrated Facelift bungee

FIG. 2 is the comb and teeth of facelift bungee

FIG. 3 Illustrates the different shapes of teeth

1. Facelift bungee comprising: Two plastic combs in symmetrical curveand a piece cotton elastic. The elastic is webbed and permanentlyattached into each comb like a belt and is sewn using thread. 2.Facelift bungee recited in claim 1, wherein the cotton elastic haslength from 3 inches through 7 inches and width from 3/16 inches thru 1inch.
 3. Facelift bungee recited in claim 1 wherein the plastic combsare made from at least one material selected from the group consistingof either individual or combination of organic, inorganic, molding orpolymer materials.
 4. Facelift bungee recited in claim 1 wherein theplastic combs shall be that each comb has width from 13/32 inches thru2- 11/64 inches.
 5. Facelift bungee recited in claim 1 wherein theplastic combs shall be that each comb has length from ¾ inches thru 4inches.
 6. Facelift bungee recited in claim 1 wherein the plastic combsshall be that each comb has elliptical, curved and flat shapes. 7.Facelift bungee recited in claim 1 wherein each comb has 1-20 teeth. 8.The teeth of each comb recited in claim 7 shall be that each tooth haselliptical, curved, chamfered, triangulated and flat inner tooth shape.9. The teeth of each comb recited in claim 7 shall have a gap betweeneach tooth from 1/64 inches thru 5/64 inches.
 10. The teeth of each combrecited in claim 7 shall be that each tooth has length from 7/16 inchthru 2-⅜ inches.
 11. The teeth of each comb recited in claim 7 whereinthe each tooth has width from 3/32 inch thru 31/64 inches.
 12. The teethof each comb recited in claim 7 shall be that each tooth may be in (A)Tear drop (B) shark tooth thin (C) Saw blade (D) shark tooth thick (E)table shape (F) Rectangular (G) Oval and (H) diamond shapes.